St. Honorius

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Merchant slain by his own servants at Parthenay, Poitou, France. Honorius was a cattle merchant who discovered that his servants had robbed him while he was away. They killed him, and he was immediately venerated as a martyr. He was canonized in 1444 and is called Honorius of Buzancais in some lists.

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